#rational

If you have survived an abuser, and you tried to make things right… If you forgave, and you struggled, and even if the expression of your grief and your anger tumbled out at times in too much rage and too many words… If you spent years hanging on to the concepts of faith, hope, and love, even after you knew in your heart that those intangibles, upon which life is formed and sustained, would fail in the end… And especially, if you stood between your children - or anyone - and him, and took the physical, emotional, and spiritual pummeling in their stead, then you are a hero. ↗

— Jenna Brooks

#domestic-violence #inspirational #women-s-issues #anger

Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating, but no one else in the world has what you have -- your voice, your eyes, your feeling and perspective. Other people have written great books, but no one else will ever write YOUR book. It's worth writing. That is the belief that carries me through. ↗

— Rachel Hartman

#inspirational #writing #art

The flow. Yeah. Knowing you could step on the court and make it happen. You practiced, sure. But then, when you walked out there, you could just go. You could flow, that was it: you created and you didn't totally know how. You just knew you could, so you did. It wasn't thinking and it wasn't imitating somebody else's moves, though you always looked carefully when you watched good players play. But when you played... it was something you couldn't explain. Neal used to know. It didn't come from thinking about it. ↗

— Doug Wilhelm

#dance #flow #inspirational #smart #sports

... a good idea always attracts other good ideas. ↗

— Patrick Ness

#inspiration #inspirational-quotes #writing #inspirational

If you've ever been hungry, you can never be full. ↗

— Dwayne Johnson

#ambition-and-attitude #inspirational #life #taking-chances #attitude

The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity. The fears are paper tigers. You can do anything you decide to do. You can act to change and control your life; and the procedure, the process is its own reward. ↗

— Amelia Earhart

#change

Practice radical humility." He (or she)who masters the art of humility cannot be humiliated... ↗

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

#art

You Have the Power to Fulfill Your Dreams! ↗

— Tae Yun Kim

#ipad #ki-energy #kindle #martial-arts #personal-development

Some idiotic things are well worth doing. ↗

— Richard Ford

#inspirational

Our course heavenward is like the plan of the zealous pilgrim of old, who for every three steps forward, took one backward. ↗